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To: Highpockets who wrote (4636)	2/9/1998 12:04:00 AM
From: Miguel M. de la O	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

At one of the many very swank golf clubs, a young man stood in the lobby when he saw an old rabbi sitting in front of a table with a plate into which members of the golf club were supposed to drop a few coins. The old rabbi had on a shabby looking suit and a dirty collar; his beard was unkempt, and he looked like a mess. Sitting opposite the rabbi was a very neatly dressed priest with a spotless white collar, a clean pressed suit and mirror-shined shoes. The plate in front of the priest was overflowing with bills. Everyone who walked into the club looked at the bedraggled rabbi - then turned to the priest and deliberately stopped to put a ten- or twenty-dollar bill in the priest's plate. Unable to stand it any longer, the young fellow who was watching walked over to the rabbi and spoke softly, "Rebbe, Ich Bin a Yid. [Rabbi, I am a Jew.] I have been standing here for an hour. Every man who walked into this golf club this past hour, I know personally and they are all Jewish.. Yet, because you looked so bedraggled, they deliberately stopped and placed money in the priest's plate! Wouldn't you be smart if you went home, took a bath and put on some clean clothes? Then maybe someone would leave a few dollars in your collection plate. The old rabbi put his arm around the young man and smiled warmly. Then he called over to the priest and said, "Hershel. Look who's trying to teach us the business."